I recently got a ticket and the police officer put "A" in the race box. Does this mean Asian or African American? I say this for two reasons:
I am mixed with both, but especially have my hair straightened, I look Hawaiian or Samoan but my last name screams Irish. Also, for some odd reason, I associate B with Black but in a lot of cases, W is for White/Caucasian but apparently it is not PC to say Black, thus using A with African American and some random letter for Asian.
Sorry if this is too trivial for your taste, I just wanted to know. You'd be surprised how many people start throwing "Yo" around when they find out I'm Black.
Salamat po!
Police and race identification?
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Actually ---- contrary to common assumption --- not
every "racially" Black person who lives in the United
States is of the 'African-American' (AA) Ethnicity and
not every member of the AA Ethnicity is "racially" Black.
This is essentially because the group that is
known as the 'African-Americans' (AAs) are
a "very specific" 'Ethnic' (*not* 'Racial') group.
Our society really needs to try to begin to
understand that the 'African-American' (AA)
'Ethnic' group is *not* the same group as the
閳ユlack American' (BA) 'Race' group; that the
two (2) terms are *not* synonymous;
and that the two (2) terms should
*not* be used inter-changeably.
We are *not* speaking of 閳ユΞemantics閳?here 閳?but rather
閳?the BAs %26amp; AAs are two different groups of people.
The AAs are the (largely Mixed-Race) ETHNIC group.
The BAs are the (Mono-Raced) RACE group.
As confusing as it seems -- the U.S. government
[due to racism %26amp; wanting to stigmatize the part
of their lineage that was from Africa which, by
the way, is only one part of their lineage] ---
has labeled those individuals who are the known
"descendents of the survivors" of the system of
chattel-slavery found in the USA as being AAs
(the hyphen is used in reference to acknowledging
the fact that most of them are Mixed-Race,
with African %26amp; non-African blood lines)
AND
has labeled those people who are "volitional immigrants"
who are directly from places such as the continent of
African, the West Indies, etc. -- as being BAs
(with the word 'Black' used in reference to acknowledging
the fact that they are of a Mono-racial full-Black lineage).
In addition, it should also be remembered that 閳?although
some AAs adhere to a socio-political 閳ユdentity閳?that is
often described by the slang term of 閳ユ競lack閳ユ績鈧敄he AAs
are actually *not* a "Race" group at all -- but rather
they *are* a largely Mixed-Race 'Ethnic' group
(and the socio-political 閳ユdentity閳?that a person chooses
*does not* change their racially-mixed ancestral lineage).
Most (+70%) of the people born to two (2) parents who
are of the AA 閳ユエthnic閳?group are are of a Multi-Racially
閳ユコixed閳?(MGM) lineage 閳?while the people to two (2)
parents who are of the BA 閳ユセacial閳?group 閳?on the
other hand 閳?are of a Mono-Racially 閳ユイlack閳?lineage.
There is a big difference between a largely Multi-racial
'Ethnic' group and between a Mono-racial 'Race group.
In addition, there is also a big difference between
one's socio-political 'identity' (ex. "black") and
one's ancestral racial 'lineage' (ex. 'Mixed').
Just because a person adheres to a given
socio-political 'identity' does *not* change
the composition of their ancestral 'lineage'.
Also -- the 'One-Drop' Rule (the false teaching that
'any amount' of Black ancestral lineage make a
person "full black") is nothing more than pure-racism.
The racist 'One-Drop Rule' (used only by the United
States government, by the way) was created during
the antebellum, chattel-slavery era by White racial
supremacist in order to get people to believe the false
racist myth that the so-called White "race" was "pure"
and to falsely view the Black "racial" admixture
(even the slightest amount) within someone's
ancestral lineage as being "tainted".
To embrace the 'One-Drop Rule' is the equivalent of BOTH
embracing "racism" and embracing the false teaching
that a Mixed-Race person's Black lineage is "tainted".
My advice is that a non-Racist should *not* embrace
the concept of the 'One-Drop Rule' -- as "Black blood"
is *not* "tainted" -- and should never be perceived
or embraced as being so (not even in the
name of so-called "pride" and "unity").
In addition, legally-speaking, attempted forcible
application of the racist 'One-Drop Rule' -- against
any individual or group -- was made illegal and ruled
as unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court
in 1967 via the case of 'Loving vs. The State of Virginia'.
Through the 'Loving vs. Virginia' case, the U.S.
Supreme Court, ruled against both all of the laws
banning Interracial marriage -- and -- also ruled
that any so-called law which forcibly applied the
'One Drop Rule' -- was racist, discriminatory,
illegal, unconstitutional, and non-enforcible.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation...
Related Links:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MGM-Mixed/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FGM-Mixed/
------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------
--- Dr. Luigi Caveli-Sforza, who is the Executive
Director of the Human Genome Project and the
world's foremost authority on human genetics
has both tested and proven that more that 70%
of all AAs have a full ancestral lineage which
consists of +20-30% White / European and
more than +25% Amerindian bloodlines.
--- That means that the 'average' (+70%) person
born to two (2) parents who are both members
of the AA Ethnic group actually has slightly
less than 50% Black / African blood lineage
found in his or her full-ancestral lineage.
For more information -- see supporting links listed below:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation...
--------------------------- ADDED NOTE ---------------------
It should also be noted that -- contrary to popular belief and
myth spread among many groups who are not educated or
informed on the whole topic -- it was not the group that is
currently being referred to as being the African-Americans
(AAs) -- who chose this term for them -- but rather --
like so many of the other terms used to describe
them -- this term was also implemented by
the United States federal government
(starting with the 1990 United
States 'Census Bureau' Forms).
If a person insists on spreading the 'myth' that it was the
AAs who chose this term for themselves -- it is clearly
indicative of the fact that they have never even once
actually studied the entire topic and are simply basing
their comments on assumption-based ignorance --
rather than objective facts and empirical evidence.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...
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Hope this information is helpful
and that you have a nice day. :D
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Police and race identification?
a is for apple.
Police and race identification?
I don't know what the A means, but do you have your race on your drivers license? I'd assume that if you do, then the A will probably be whatever you are "classified" as. I'm also not the least bit surprised about the "yo" thing. If I had a nickel for how many people have tried to call me "girlfriend" when they meet me, I'd be a very rich woman.
People often try to be funny, condescending, and able to "relate" at the same time. I wish that people who did that knew that it makes them look stupid and like a hick who has never encountered anyone different than them. The people they do this to see right through that little power play. If it continues, an exaggerated bored sigh and a rubbing of the forehead as if they are giving you a huge migrane accompanied by a change of subject is usually a good enough hint to most people that they are being insufferable and that they shouldn't do it again.
Police and race identification?
I have always said if you don't know who you are ask the police. They definitely know. A is Asian. Police only use politically correct racial identities on episodes of Cops. And even then it depends on where they are filming.
Police and race identification?
Yeah I also don't know what a would mean, maybe asian since most of the time people use black as a way to discribe a black person and not african american, since all people in the USA that are black could not be considered african american. But I do agree with the yo part, it is so annoying, thinking I talk like them just because I am black, but whatever.
Police and race identification?
a stands for awsome
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